남성의 아버지됨 경험에 관한 연구 - 취학전 자녀를 둔 아버지를 대상으로 - = A study for men`s fathering experiences

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Fathering in general has received a vast amount of attention over recent years, and the current trend sees to be that of encouraging fathers to take a more active role in their childen`s lives. what is means to him to be fathers, how they come to define themselves as fathers. so this study was to analyze the practices of fatherhood. and to examine wether fatherhood could be a chance of growth and development for men. for these purposes, 15 fathers were interviewed in depth. the fathers were recruited from personal contacts and by word of mouth a set of predetermind qestions was asked each father. the major results were as follows. 1) Fathers thought that Although the most important of fathering role was being a financial provider, they pursitued the sence of father as moral support, a fence of family, a girder stay in family. 2) Fatherhood as experinces was a chance of growth and mature for adult men. 3) The transition to fatherhood was achieved naturally. And the process was influenced by wife, his job and his childhood. 4) Fatherhood experience brought various corgntive changes about wives, their fathers and childhood of expirences to men. 5) Fathers thought that though they were responsible for childrearing, mother was the more necessary than them.